Rajam Krishnan was self-aware.
The stories were true, e.
Her long form, usually, was about people who would never have otherwise been written about - the Badaga tribe of the Nilgiris, salt pan workers, farmers...
While she never identified herself as feminist, her short stories were mostly women-centric, addressing issues that no one spoke of in her time.
She knew that her vast repertoire as a writer was rare, especially for a girl from 1920s Tiruchi, whose education was cut short by marriage.
Rajam Krishnan was self-aware